Learn about water usage and do your part to help conserve our most precious natural resource. Only 1% of the Earth’s water is available for drinking water; 2% is frozen.
Less than 2% of the Earth’s water supply is fresh water.
Of all the Earth’s water. 97% is salt water found in oceans and seas.
The human body is about 75% water.
A person can survive about a month without food, but only 5 to 7 days without water
You use about 5 gallons of water while brushing your teeth with the water running.
300 million gallons of water are needed to produce a single day’s supply of US newsprint
It takes between 3,000 and 6,000 gallons of water to power a 60-watt incandescent light bulb for 12 hours a day, for one year.
It takes about 20 gallons of water to wash dishes by hand.
Showering and bathing are the largest indoor uses of water, about 27%.
The average American uses 140-170 gallons a day.
Other Facts
A dairy cow must drink 4 gallons of water to produce one gallon of milk.
If all of the world’s water were to fit inside 100 glasses, the supply available for human consumption would be less than 3/4 of one glass.
A garden hose uses more than 10 gallons of water per minute.
It takes 50 gallons of water to wash a car.
Less than 2% of the Earth’s water supply is fresh water.
Every day in the US, we drink about 110 million gallons of water.
